YouTube Audio Downloader

This Python script allows you to search and download directly from YouTube as audio files in MP3 format. It's built using the yt_dlp library for downloading and extracting audio, and urllib for searching on YouTube.

Motivation

This project was created to solve a personal need: my radio only supports SD cards and USB sticks, so I can’t connect Spotify via Bluetooth. This script helps create a personalized collection of music in MP3 format that can be easily transferred to these devices for personal usage.

Features

• Search for songs on YouTube using song titles.
• Automatically downloads the best available audio quality in MP3 format.
• Saves the downloaded audio files to a specified destination folder.

Requirements

To run this script, you'll need the following Python libraries installed:

• uv: An extremely fast Python package and project manager, written in Rust.

Usage

Running as a Script

1. Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/rribeiro1/youtube-audio-downloader.git
cd youtube-audio-downloader

2. Edit the songs list in the script to include the titles of the songs you want to download:

songs = [
    "Clipe Oficial - Vem Espírito de Deus",
    "Gabriel Guedes - Santo Pra Sempre",
]

3. Run the script:

Note

Make sure you downloaded and configured uv accordingly.

uv run main.py

4. The downloaded audio files will be saved to the folder specified in the destination_folder variable. By default, this is the current directory (./).

Example Output

When the script is executed, it will:

1. Search for each song title on YouTube.
2. Print the first search result.
3. Download the audio from the video.
4. Save the audio in MP3 format.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! If you encounter issues or have suggestions for improvements, feel free to open an issue or submit a pull request.

Disclaimer

This script is for personal use only. Ensure you respect copyright laws and the terms of service of YouTube when using this tool.